Tampa Bay Rays right fielder Steven Souza Jr. is blaming the field conditions at the Oakland Athletics' O.co Coliseum for a left hip injury that knocked him out of Wednesday's game.
"I went to slide, and it was extremely muddy around second base," Souza said after the Rays' 7-2 loss. "My leg got stuck in the ground, and I just kind of felt a jump in my hip. That didn't feel very great."
Souza suffered the strained hip in the first inning while trying to steal second after drawing a leadoff walk.